diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
index 2c7d7cc30e95..40451341c479 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
@@ -827,20 +827,28 @@ omap_i2c_isr(int this_irq, void *dev_id)
 	struct omap_i2c_dev *dev = dev_id;
 	u16 bits;
 	u16 stat;
-	int err, count = 0;
+	int err = 0, count = 0;
 
 	if (pm_runtime_suspended(dev->dev))
 		return IRQ_NONE;
 
-	bits = omap_i2c_read_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_IE_REG);
-	while ((stat = (omap_i2c_read_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_STAT_REG))) & bits) {
+	do {
+		bits = omap_i2c_read_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_IE_REG);
+		stat = omap_i2c_read_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_STAT_REG);
+		stat &= bits;
+
+		if (!stat) {
+			/* my work here is done */
+			return IRQ_HANDLED;
+		}
+
 		dev_dbg(dev->dev, "IRQ (ISR = 0x%04x)\n", stat);
 		if (count++ == 100) {
 			dev_warn(dev->dev, "Too much work in one IRQ\n");
-			break;
+			omap_i2c_complete_cmd(dev, err);
+			return IRQ_HANDLED;
 		}
 
-		err = 0;
 complete:
 		/*
 		 * Ack the stat in one go, but [R/X]DR and [R/X]RDY should be
@@ -940,7 +948,7 @@ omap_i2c_isr(int this_irq, void *dev_id)
 			dev_err(dev->dev, "Transmit underflow\n");
 			dev->cmd_err |= OMAP_I2C_STAT_XUDF;
 		}
-	}
+	} while (stat);
 
 	return count ? IRQ_HANDLED : IRQ_NONE;
 }